Richard Oastler

(1789-1861)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Oastler, Richard, 1789-1861 NRA: Oastler Richard (1789-1861) Manufacturer DNB: Oastler, Richard (1789-1861), factory reformer LBT ID: RiOastl1861 VIAF ID: 54929592 LOC ID: n88132604	B/BAP: 1789-12-20 DIED: 1861-08-22
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Tory radical and promoter of factory reform; he was steward to Thomas Thornhill of Fixby, near Huddersfield.
REFERENCES TO Richard Oastler: Smiles, Samuel, 1812-1904, Memoir of John Murray 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1891) Chap. XXXIV. Found 1: ¶ 54